the popjustice crowd (and most top 40/pop fans I've talked to) generally consider it to be the best pop album of at least the second half of the decade, if that means anything
― prolego, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 00:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i was exaggerating about it being a big deal only on ilm but calling it her most critically acclaimed album is i think pretty off -- on metacritic it's 3% lower than Circus, 5% lower than In The Zone, 11% lower than Oops -- it's only put on a pedestal in a very particular internet bubble.
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 01:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
Eh, Metacritic only analyzes initial reviews, not an album's long-term legacy.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 01:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah obviously there's a lot of nuance that it doesn't accurately measure -- i'm just saying there's this kind of assumption that it's universally regarded as the high point of her career that i don't think really holds water
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 01:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
Realistically though Dawn Richard is highly unlikely to attain any success outside of that internet bubble (or an overlapping one) so it's not so misfounded or misleading a point of comparison.
If I say "maybe Dawn Richard's album is gonna be the 2011 equiv of Chain Letter" it's no more ridic, really.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 03:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah who knows if DR has any commercial potential (although LTTP might have legs enough to set her up well, who knows), but Blackout being singled out as a comparison point over all the other dancey Danja-produced R&B/pop albums of the last few years seemed kinda arbitrary.
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 03:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
what other notable danja-produced R&B/pop albums are out there? (honest q)
― Neu! romancer (dayo), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 03:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
i wanna know if the first 20 seconds to "let love in" are supposed to be part of the song or if it's part of another one - sounds absolutely heavenly
― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 03:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
Really enjoying this but the shitty mixtape sound quality is really harshing my buzz. Why do these songs not sound louder?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 12:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
'Sounds louder' is usually a bad thing imo.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Thursday, 24 February 2011 00:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think he means the levels are quiet in an unmastered way that makes the whole thing sound less full/alive, which is a totally valid gripe and not at all an aesthetic thing.
"Hey" has not been singled out itt as a standout and that needs to be rectified.
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Neu! romancer (dayo), Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:42 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
if we're talking stuff from when Danja was Timbaland's right hand man (and those should probably count since Danja had a huge influence on the sound of those records), Timberlake's FutureSex and Furtado's Loose. but i was referring to stuff heavy on Danja solo productions like Diddy's LTTP and Press Play, Keri Hilson's 1st album, Danity Kane's 2nd album, Katharine McPhee's 1st album.
― dayo technology (some dude), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
"hey" is amazing yes
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
ship otm
"runway" & "vibrate" are also the joints off this
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like how the art for this album could double as a los campesinos cover
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
kmt
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
:D
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
i feel like an asshole for loving "vibrate" the most cuz it sounds like the one that terius & los would've done
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
do we actually have the production credits for this? i couldn't find them the other week. "vibrate" def in the "promise"/"devotion" lineage
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
if anything i feel bad for loving the swagged-out ones so much. I'M ON MY SUPERMAN SHIT, WHIPPIN UP TOWN, BLOWIN UP SHIIEEET
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's why "runway" is the best -- bragging about her hair being real
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
NO HORSES UP HERE
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
exactly
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
they say they new guccis but i had em last yeari'm rocking everything that you really wanna wear
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
i also like to think that naomi campbell references in r&b have proliferated precisely because of her capacity for assault & battery with swarovski-encrusted blackberrys
― lex pretend, Saturday, 2 April 2011 08:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha, no longer feel weird for suggesting to kev k that vibrate kinda sounds like promise
― dayo, Saturday, 2 April 2011 10:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
props to Tim F for an excellent thread title that grabbed my attention and got me to listen to this, because I probably would've ignored it otherwise. listening for the first time now, and it's amazing!
I think I fell in love with her the second I saw there was a song called "Me Myself & Y" (not quite living up to the title, especially following up the excellent excellent "Hey", but still pretty good)
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 2 April 2011 12:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh and now "Broken Record" is up next — poor lil "MMY", sandwiched in between these two motherfucking monsters
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 2 April 2011 12:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
okay I realize that confessing this will probably make me public enemy #1 on this thread, but I still haven't listened to Last Train — just couldn't get excited about it, honestly. but if it's anywhere near Tell Tale Heart in terms of production and atmosphere/mood...
― bernard snowy, Saturday, 2 April 2011 14:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah TTH is very close to LTTP in sound and mood, definitely check it out. better late than never!
― sarraghmaclachlan (some dude), Saturday, 2 April 2011 14:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
dope:
doper:
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I really wish there was a CDQ version of Tell Tale Heart... or at least one that isn't so compressed and muddy sounding
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 23 June 2011 02:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^
i thought this was just gonna be a prelude to an album proper but everything's gone a bit quiet on the dawn richard front? this is still amazing though
HE ON ME LIKE BUTTER ON BREADFRONT ROW WHEN I'M DOIN MY DANCE
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 14 November 2011 16:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
official title is the prelude to a tell tale heart, right?
so sad you bumped this when I didn't have any dawn richard synced to my iphone
― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Monday, 14 November 2011 18:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha i totally relate, h8 it when that happens
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 14 November 2011 18:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
where is dawn richard :[
― dayo, Thursday, 17 November 2011 22:39 (Yesterday)
The mixtape (which is my 2nd favourite album of 2011) is so good that it's hard for me not to think of it as her debut album.
― Tim F, Friday, November 18, 2011 12:45 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
sez wikipedia (sics all over the place):
The Mix-tape The Prelude to A Tell Tale Heart or alternate title: #ATellTaleHeart[9][10][11] was released February 7, 2011 on her official web-site. There are 15 tracks.[10][12] It called "the prelude to..." because there will be official debut studio album by Dawn Richard entitled A-Tell Tale Heart, which she is working on for past 3 years.[13] She is working with Trendsetter (producer) on few tracks for that album.[14][15] Celebrating the release of her mix-tape, Dawn Richard organized several club events. On February 7, 2011 at "Milan" club in Baltimore[16][17] and on February 12, 2011 at PHX – "Nightclub MIXTAPE PARTY RELEASE".[18]
Dawn has announced that her major solo debut project will be a broken up trilogy of albums entitled "GoldenHeart, "BlackHeart", and "RedemptionHeart". "GoldenHeart", the first of the trilogy is expected to be released late 2011.[19] On June 19, 2011 a buzz track entitled "Stuck On Mad" was released to the public. Followed by a release of a remix to Frank Ocean's Novacane. The remix which was co-written by songwriter Intyce, hit the net on June 21, 2011 and reached over 5000 downloads within a few hours. Intyce was enlisted as one of the writers for Richards solo debut.[20]
2011-present: Golden Heart
SMFU (SAVE ME FROM U) was released on the internet 31st October and is set to be on the first album.[21] This album is set to have an concept of a alter-ego named NEON. The concept has not yet been discussed.
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Friday, November 18, 2011 2:12 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i am d/lding "stuck on mad" and "smfu" now. no one mentioned them. and yeah putting together my EOY lists dawn ended up at #5, higher than i thought she would.
also she started following me on tumblr!
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Friday, November 18, 2011 2:13 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
― dayo, Friday, 18 November 2011 11:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^ luv it
― dayo, Friday, 18 November 2011 11:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
really feelin this too
― dayo, Friday, 18 November 2011 12:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
not gonna go through all of dawn's tumblr lol but this is good too
http://concreteloop.com/2011/09/new-music-dawn-richard-love-wont-lose
think it's produced by the same guy who did the valentine's day mix of lttp?
― dayo, Friday, 18 November 2011 12:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i am d/lding "stuck on mad" and "smfu" now. no one mentioned them
brainwasher posted stuck on mad just upthread!
― just sayin, Friday, 18 November 2011 12:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol I think I missed that :/
― dayo, Friday, 18 November 2011 13:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
SFMU is a jam though
album coming as soon as MARCH!!!
http://www.rap-up.com/2012/02/10/dawn-richard-preps-solo-debut-for-march-previews-new-song/
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Friday, 10 February 2012 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
kalenna's mixtape drops on monday, too
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Friday, 10 February 2012 16:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.ddotomen.com/2012/02/13/kalenna-of-dirty-money-chamber-of-diaries/
the dirty money fans have apparently abandoned ilx judging from the tumbleweave here i guess?
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Monday, 13 February 2012 14:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
mixtape is worth copping? i'm with it
― some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 14:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
there is WAY too much ryan tedder on that tracklist for me to feel comfortable
― J0rdan S., Monday, 13 February 2012 14:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
so far I'm only interested in dawn
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Monday, 13 February 2012 14:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
gramercy something, check the tumblr
― 乒乓, Thursday, 2 May 2013 13:44 (1 month ago) Permalink
ah gramercy theater. it's a live nation venue but a reasonable price. yeah, i'm gonna want to get in on that.
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 May 2013 14:31 (1 month ago) Permalink
and another one : http://soundcloud.com/dawn_richard/dawn-richard-army
― rusty_allen, Monday, 6 May 2013 16:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
https://soundcloud.com/drewscotty/skywalker
first track from Druski's debut EP out in July w/ featured vocals from Dawn.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 18:52 (1 week ago) Permalink
think my goodwill has run out with these two. get your shit together u dolorous drips
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 19:28 (1 week ago) Permalink
Dawn needs some baby dragons.
― Tim F, Friday, 8 March 2013 11:43 (3 months ago) Bookmark
srsly
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 19:33 (1 week ago) Permalink
mmm this is not what i was really expecting or wanting
the danity kane reunion rumours floating around are odd, it really doesn't seem to fit in with dawn's uh ~branding~ and she's still talking about the trilogy?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 21:48 (1 week ago) Permalink
honestly if they just want to do something together without diddy telling them whether they're a group or not just because they want to i think that's kind of sweet.
― treeship journey to stars hollow (some dude), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 21:49 (1 week ago) Permalink
oh don't get me wrong i'd be very pro a DK reunion, i was a fan! i just don't really see how it would fit in with dawn's solo career unless it was just, like, a one-off single?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 21:51 (1 week ago) Permalink
that seems like a weird question given how much music she's released in the space of a year recently
― treeship journey to stars hollow (some dude), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 22:12 (1 week ago) Permalink
BlackHeart is out October 7, 2013. Apparently she's working with an entirely new team and according to her Twitter, there are no collaborations with Druski on the album at all...
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 16 June 2013 20:09 (3 days ago) Permalink
The Riot/Northern Lights video is also cancelled due to a change in team... Not sure what's up. But things seem to still be moving forward.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 16 June 2013 20:10 (3 days ago) Permalink
are the stray tracks that have come out in the last few months Druski productions? it'd be such a shame if those never end up on an album or EP.
― ramona & yeezus (some dude), Sunday, 16 June 2013 20:17 (3 days ago) Permalink
Didn't she say before that she's been saving tracks for BlackHeart and uh... RedemptionHeart or whatever the hell it was?
― The Reverend, Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:21 (3 days ago) Permalink
And seems odd to hear this news just days after Druski released a new song with her vocals.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:23 (3 days ago) Permalink
Looking forward to her detective-themed EP HeartToHeart.
― high inerja (seandalai), Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:55 (3 days ago) Permalink